Goobi - ba0d8 - 2020-08-02 18:16:45+0000 Goobi Calligraphy in Arabic and Persian, folio from an album for Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah. This folio contains two samples of fine calligraphy, written by renowned masters Malik Daylami and his student Mir `Imad al-Hasani (d. 1615). It was once part of a calligraphic poetry album, produced for Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah, who ruled the Deccani sultanate of Golconda. Some of the sultan's own poetry (beautifully written out by his court calligraphers) is included in the compilation, as well as older examples of fine calligraphy from Iran (such as these), and a tinted drawing. There are at least fifteen known folios from this album, which was re-bordered at a late date. Album-page, ink, gold and colours on paper, mounted on card, Arabic lines in nasta`liq script praising the Prophet Muhammad, signed `Imad al-Hasani (recto) and Persian verses praising a king, signed Malik Daylami in Nakhchivan, dated 961H, 1554 (verso), folio from an album compiled for Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah (r. 1580-1612), Golconda and Hyderabad, Deccan, India, c. 1590-1605. Calligraphy in Arabic and Persian, folio from an album for Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah Per 225.1 Per_225_1 Persian collection Arabic (language) Approved Category 2017/Manuscript/Codex/Folio / Bi-Folio (Codex) Approved Place 2018/Asia/Azerbaijan/Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic/Nakhchivan Approved Place 2018/Middle East/Iran Approved Place 2018/Asia/South Asia/India/Andhra Pradesh/Golconda Folio / Bi-Folio (Codex) Nasta'liq script 1555-1605 1554 1575 1590 1554 1600 1605 true Approved Material 2018/Organic/Plant (material)/Plant fibre/Paper (material) Approved Material 2018/Materials/Colourant (material)/Pigment (material) Approved Material 2018/Materials/Coating material/Ink (material) Approved Material 2018/Inorganic/Metal (material)/Non-ferrous metal/Gold Paper (material) Pigment (material) Ink (material) Gold FAIR 390 mm x 280 mm (height x width) cll Malik al-Daylami Malik al-Daylami Nakhchivan cll `Imad al-Hasani `Imad al-Hasani Iran cre Unknown Unknown Golconda Chester Beatty Library https://viewer.cbl.ie/viewer/resources/themes/cbl/images/template/fullscreen_logo.png https://chesterbeatty.ie/ mailto:photographicservices@cbl.ie https://viewer.cbl.ie/viewer/ppnresolver?id=Per_225_1 https://viewer.cbl.ie/viewer/ppnresolver?id=Per_225_1